ABP Group

Indian media company

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ABP Group

Type| Private
Industry| Mass media
Founded| 13 March 1922; 101 years ago (1922-03-13)
Founders| Prafulla Kumar Sarkar
Headquarters|

Kolkata, West Bengal

India

Key people

| Dhruba Mukherjee
(CEO)
Revenue| ₹500 crore (US$63 million) (2022)[1]
Website| www.abp.in

ABP Group (Ananda Bazar Patrika) is an Indian media conglomerate headquartered in Kolkata, West Bengal. It was established in 1922.

## Ananda Publishers[edit]

Ananda Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
আনন্দ পাবলিশার্স প্রাইভেট লিমিটেড

Ananda's logo, as shown in the 2009 Kolkata Book Fair

Traded as

| Ananda
Genre| Literature
Research
Founded| 6 July 1957
Founder| Ashok Kumar Sarkar
Headquarters| 45, Beniatola Lane,
Kolkata\- 700 009

Key people

| Subir Kumar Mitra
Products| The Adventures of Tintin
Asterix
Sunil Gangopadhyay
Owner| ABP Group
Parent| ABP Group

Ananda Publishers Private Limited is a famous Bengali-language book publishing company in India. It was founded in 1957 by Ashok Kumar Sarkar , head of the ABP Group.

### History[edit]

Ananda Publishers Pvt. Ltd. was established on 6 July, 1957 by Ashok Kumar Sarkar, the then-head of ABP Group. It was established with the intent of providing readers with the best of creative literature and academic studies in Bengali. Ananda Publishers Pvt. Ltd. stands today as the world's largest and most acclaimed Bengali-language book publisher. Ananda is a name that enjoys the confidence of Bengali authors, readers and the trade. It has translated many foreign comic books, such as Tintin and Asterix, into Bengali. World over, readers of Bengali recognise Ananda as a publishing house that caters to every variety of interest and taste, fiction or non-fiction, for adults and for children. It is the publisher of various magazines and newspapers like Anandamela, Anandabazar Patrika, The Telegraph and Sananda. With decades of experience in publishing award winning books, research-oriented publishing objectives, the greatest of authors like Buddhadeb Guha, Ashapurna Devi, Sunil Gangopadhyay and so on, Ananda Publishers deservedly owns the lion's share when it comes to Bengali literature.

The company in recent years did mass layoff at various times.[2][3][4][5]

### Publications[edit]

Title  | Author  | Notes

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The Adventures of Tintin | Hergé | Translated into Bengali by Nirendranath Chakravarty. Also published in Anandamela.
Asterix | René Goscinny
Albert Uderzo | Published in Anandamela
Feluda | Satyajit Ray |
Ruāhā  | Buddhadeb Guha |
Alay Adityar Ichchhapatra Rahasya  | Ashapurna Devi |
Antapurer Atmakatha  | Chitra Deb  |
Raj Kahini: Kings of Rajasthan  | Abanindranath Tagore |
Dubojahaje Netaji  | Shekhar Basu  |
Brahmarakshas  | Joy Goswami |
Purushke Lekha Chithi  | Mallika Sengupta |
Paschim Banglar Pakhi  | Pranabesa Sanyala  |
Professor Shonku | Satyajit Ray |
First Light | Sunil Gangopadhyay | Published in English by Penguin Books
Those Days | Sunil Gangopadhyay  | Published in English by Penguin Books

## Current assets[edit]

### Newspapers[edit]

* Anandabazar Patrika – Bengali-language daily newspaper[6]
* The Telegraph – English-language daily newspaper.

### Magazines[edit]

* Anandamela
* Sananda
* Anandalok
* Desh
* Boier Desh
* The Telegraph in Schools (TTIS)

### TV Channels[edit]

#### Television News channels[edit]

Channel  | Language  | Category  | Notes

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ABP News | Hindi | News  | Formerly Star News
ABP Ananda | Bengali | Formerly Star Ananda
ABP Majha | Marathi | Formerly Star Majha
ABP Asmita | Gujarati |

#### Entertainment channel[edit]

Channel  | Language  | Launch  | Defunct

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Sananda TV | Bengali | 25 July 2011  | 7 November 2012

### Upcoming News Channels[edit]

Channel  | Language  | Launch

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ABP Desam  | Telugu
ABP Kirani  | Kannada
ABP Malayalam  | Malayalam

### Digital News Channels[edit]

Channel  | Language  | Category

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ABP Sanjha | Punjabi | News
ABP Ganga | Hindi
ABP Live | Hindi
ABP Nadu[7] | Tamil
ABP Desam[8] | Telugu

## References[edit]

1. ^ "ABP PRIVATE LIMITED - Revenue, Net Worth, Profits & More".
2. ^ "ABP Group to sack 150 employees in third round of downsizing".
3. ^ "Kolkata's ABP Group That Runs Telegraph Fires 700, Staff Journalists Call It a Massacre". 2 February 2022.
4. ^ "HT and ABP layoffs: Cult of profits leading to sackings, not demonetisation as organisations claim". 14 February 2017.
5. ^ "Bengal's Iconic Anandabazar Patrika Group to Sack 40% of its Staff". 9 December 2016.
6. ^ "Indian Readership Survey (IRS) 2012 — Quarter 2" (PDF). HANSA Research. 2012. p. 11\. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 November 2013.
7. ^ "ABP Network Expands Horizon: Launches ABP Nadu For Tamil Users". news.abplive.com. 15 April 2021. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
8. ^ "ABP Network Launches Telugu Digital Platform 'ABP Desam'". news.abplive.com. 30 July 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.

## External links[edit]

* Official website

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ABP Group

Owners|

* Ashok Kumar Sarkar
* Aveek Sarkar
* Prafulla Kumar Sarkar

Broadcasting|

* ABP Ananda
* ABP Asmita
* ABP Live
* ABP Majha
* ABP News
* ABP Sanjha

Publishing|

* Anandabazar Patrika
* Anandalok
* Anandamela
* Boiyer Desh
* Desh
* Sananda
* The Telegraph
* The Telegraph in Schools
* Aaro Ananda

Other activities|

* Ananda Publishers
* Ananda Puraskar

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